Sentence examples for death succeeds from inspiring English sources

But as a whole novel, I don't think "The Four Fingers of Death" succeeds.

Kaelber hopes that his husband's death succeeds in sending a "wake-up call to all those who care about the Earth," he said.

And eventually there is "death succeeding death in relentless concatenation".

Very soon after ascending the throne, Hugh Capet arranged the coronation (December 987) of his own son, Robert, who upon Hugh's death succeeded to the throne without difficulty.

After 1841 Tharrawaddy became increasingly subject to fits of mental instability; he was dethroned and, on his death, succeeded by his son Pagan (reigned 1846 53).

The three kings Wu Sangui of Yunnan, Shang Kexi of Guangdong, and Geng Jimao (after his death succeeded by his son Geng Jingzhong) of Fujian were among the Chinese warlords who, with their powerful firearms, had been welcomed into the Manchu camp even before the Manchu conquest of China in 1644.

Yoshifusa (see Fujiwara Yoshifusa), who was father-in-law to the reigning monarch and grandfather of the heir apparent, at the Emperor's death succeeded in having the heir elevated to the throne as the emperor Seiwa at the age of nine.

As death succeeded death, Dickinson found her world upended.

His rise is charted in his appointments to several civic posts: to be High Steward of Grimsby from 1794 (he remained as such until his death), succeeding Christopher Clayton, and to be Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1795 6.

This system resulted in bloody competition until 558, when Chlotar, after his brothers' deaths, succeeded in reuniting the kingdom under his own rule.

Even in his death, he succeeds in pulling off one final act of theft, depriving his victims of the justice they deserve.